Once used solely for consumer applications, Bluetooth Low Energy beacons are finding uses in purely business settings.
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Handheld, Fixed or Robotic Readers?
The retail industry ponders the most efficient way to collect RFID inventory data.
RFID for Reading People’s Reactions
Disney Research has developed a way to use passive UHF tags to determine how
people interact with objects.
The Internet of Clothing
U.K. researchers have developed a low-cost antenna that performs about as well as metal ones used in today’s RFID tags.
What You Need to Know About Embedded RFID Readers
These small modules provide the performance of full-size readers and can be used to create next-generation solutions.
RFID’s Sporting Life
Capturing performance data in real time helps athletes improve their game—and coaches and federations determine which players to back.
Big Data
It’s time to devise a plan to store all the RFID data you’re collecting and a strategy to use it—in combination with other information—to gain insights that could transform your business and provide a competitive advantage.
Nutrace, Belintra Market RFID-based Surgical-Tool Tracking Solution in the U.S.
The Nutrace system, already used by hospitals in Europe, includes Belintra’s passive HF RFID tags, Panmobil’s handheld RFID readers and its own Stemato software for managing data.
Researchers Tinker With Flying, Rolling RFID-Sensorized Robots
The team of engineers used off-the-shelf hardware and software to create small aerial and ground robots that could automatically read passive UHF sensors and install those sensors on hard-to-reach objects.
Retailers Embrace RFID
Chains that sell apparel now realize radio frequency identification technology is an essential tool for maintaining accurate inventory, improving store execution and selling across all channels.
At PGA Tournaments, Bluetooth Beacons Are Par for the Course
Golf fans at a recent championship event were able to know the locations of players within close range.
Westar Energy Tracks Power Poles, Transformers With RFID
The Kansas utility company uses the technology to automatically identify when each pole and transformer is removed from storage yards, by whom, and when unused items are returned.